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I am once again begging people to realize that AI checker doesn’t work. it’s never worked. it’s notoriously known to have flagged human-made works as AI and AI-generated works as human-made. and by feeding it people’s works, you are feeding more works to AI, because apparently the machine itself is AI.
the only thing AI checker does is harm genuine artists and people in general too.
What does your future hold!? Cruel Fate has dealt you these five cards. And no others!
While I would have loved to have made a full deck, these five cards were made for an early 2000s visit to Comic Con in San Diego and I'm glad I got to produce them for the event.
It was a sort of, "Hey, we need a promo to hand out before the panel." And I said, "I want to make tarot cards!" And they said, "Uhh... okay?
The full set (and a few stragglers) are up on eBay now.
I remember being excited to do Grim's "horse". It's sort of weird that I never gave him one on the series. Things to address, I suppose...
Terry Pratchett’s books usually include a cornucopia* of puns, which is part of the attraction of reading them. However, these puns often depend on the intricacies of the English language, making them damn near impossible to translate into other languages. This makes it all the more surprising (and gratifying) to discover that the French translation of the Discworld novel Hogfather includes a delightful additional linguistic pun, involving Mr. Teatime’s name - one that only works in French, no less.
*Given that they’re both corny and copious.
"Abuse can feel like love. Why?"
"Starving people will eat anything."
Penelope Douglas, Nightfall (Devil's Night, #4)
So, if Billy, mandy, and grim meet Hello Kitty, how would it go?
Not well, I'd wager.
Sassy Cat!
a lil reaper mandy i did for practice
Good Morning Tumblroids,
I’m still working out the specifics of my future indie project attempt. Jellystone is over for now, but I’m still pitching shows on the mean streets of Burbank and I’ve got a lot of new software to cram before I’m ready. In the meantime, I think I’m overdue to break the seal and breathe some life back into my mummified YouTube channel.
Maybe I’m just looking for a cheap excuse for a party, but I think I’m going to start off with a “Billy & Mandy Reunion”. As I’m imagining it, it’s part documentary and part Bravo reunion special. But probably with less punching and swearing(?).
From the unusual pitch to the moment it was voted into existence by the fans, through multiple cancellations and resurrections, all the way to its final meeting with the reaper, Billy & Mandy has had a journey unique in the animation world. My goal is to get the whole gang back together and talk about how the sausage is and was made.
Before I embark with you on this trip through the potholes down Memory Lane, though, I wanted to check in with you all and hear what you had to say. In the reunion, we’ll be talking about Billy & Mandy as a project, specific episodes, all of the parts of the animation process, how things were done in the 2000s vs how they’re done now, and the animation industry in general. I’m looking for your thoughts and questions about any of that stuff. Or (really) anything you want to know about the show.
Whether it’s a statement about a character that's had an impact on your life or a question about the minutiae of storyboarding, I’d love to hear from you. If you want your question to be credited, add your preferred name to your comment. I don’t think I’ll have time to get to them all (and there are bound to be plenty of repeat questions) so please don’t get mad at me if yours doesn’t get chosen or gets attributed to someone else. There’s only a five-to-seven percent chance that I’ve done it maliciously.
I’m going to talk to the actors, of course, but I’m going to try to get as many people back as I can. Storyboard artists, writers, production staff, directors, timers, designers– The Whole Tamale Platter. If you’re interested in a particular facet of TV Animation, this would be a good chance to hear from someone who’s been there.
I like nachos, -Maxwell Atoms
I needed to find the “how to draw eyes” stuff for a B&M thing, but I mailed out the originals in 2020. It turns out CN didn’t keep any designs or design reference from anything pre-Adventure Time in the Great Purge and I thought I was going to have to redraw everything. Thanks to Warburtonlabs circa 2014, I don’t need to!
I always found that artists who didn’t directly work on the show had a lot of trouble with Billy’s and Grim’s eyes. It took me a while to figure out that they look really weird if you don’t leave space for their technically nonexistant eye-whites.
who wins this race?
✌🏽😋👖 billy and his runaway "pants"
🪓😤🪓 john "not irwin" henry
you guys are the real heroes
I'm fixated on gaobam but I'm not producing the amount of content it deserves. yet
If you're not going to be able to make a Billy And Mandy movie, will you be making future Billy And Mandy episodes for some sort of revival in the future? If so, do you have any contact methods we can use so we can give you ideas?
I doubt it.
In my opinion Billy & Mandy belong to the fans. Y'all got the show made and kept it alive. And then you brought it back from the dead three times. I don't own any piece of it and CN doesn't seem interested in doing anything with it, so if you've got ideas it'll be up to you to execute them.
50 Shades of Gray started as Twilight fan fiction. Maybe you've got a hit on your hands and don't even know it!
Who were those little demon guys who hung around Grim in a couple of the very early episodes? (Mainly Mortal Dilemma and Recipe for Disaster I think)
Those were Imps. They were supposed to play a larger role in the show, but CN had gotten very gun-shy about demons after "Cow & Chicken", so I tabled them. They barely even made it out of the starting gate, so I don't remember what the plan was for these guys.
If Nergal can lay eggs, what other chicken-like traits does he have?
Comb: The comb is the little fleshy growth on top of a Nergal’s head. It regulates body temperature, and many breeds use it to determine if a mate is suitable. Some breeds feature a single comb and others have two side by side.
Wattle: The wattle is the fleshy growth that dangles under the Nergal’s belly or chin. The size of wattles can vary greatly.
Earlobes: The earlobe is behind and below the eye on the side of the head. They come in four colors — white, black, blue, and red — and are sometimes an indicator of the breed’s egg color.
Breed Groups
There are four groups of large Nergal breed, classified by their geographical origins: Asiatic, English, Mediterranean, and American. Nergalss are also grouped by physical characteristics, such as feather type and length of tentacle.
Mesopotamian Nergals are any variety of small Nergal, sometimes called "Nerglings". They are usually one third to one half of the size of a standard Nergal but display all the same traits. Nerglings are an excellent option for those who want to raise Nergalss in a smaller space, as they are smaller versions of the larger breed.
i'm getting into a gaobam mood recently and like,,,nergal's backstory is depressing as hell? if you take maxwell atom's word for it as canon at least
the concept of a once-renown and powerful deity that was loved at one point, now "overthrown"/cast aside as a demon is interesting to me on its own, but then you take into account all of the other details too.
ever since ancient Mesopotamian society had been shadowed by other religions, mainly Christianity/Catholicism, can you imagine how nergal must've felt during this time? how the people who once worshiped him are either killed by invaders from different countries, converted to different religions, or simply pass away and can no longer tell stories of him and the other Mesopotamian deities, aside from brief mentions in history class?
i'm probably just overthinking it now, but maybe the reason why nergal is incredibly (and pathetically) lonely at the start of gaobam is that he DID try and go back up to the surface to hopefully find "friends", but instead got ran off and accused of being evil or some shit. the underworld that he once ruled over and lived in soon became his prison because of this, no longer having any company and met with disdain, confusion, or disgust by the people on the surface, and that's why he got so excited when grim agreed to let him keep the kids. he got on the offensive side later on when grim came back because, in his head, this was his first interaction with another living, breathing person that, when threatened with the possibility of going back to being alone, he became violent.
most likely, if either aunt sis didn't marry and have junior with him, or if he would just never met her, he would still be crawling around and attempting to make friends with people, whether they like it or not. and i think that's why i like nergal a bit more before he got married, since it really showcased his desperation for companionship, platonically and romantically.
and i'm not even going to start on whatever happened to ereshkigal or the other deities of Ancient Mesopotamia, because that's most likely a whole other can of worms to dissect.
i'm thinking way too deep into what is essentially a loser that has the personality of a puppy, but this is probably one of the reasons why nergal's my favorite character from gaobam!
unpopular opinion but I love it when people write essays for fun on the internet. I don’t think it’s cringe if you’re being polite and coherent and making your own post instead of making unwanted additions to other people’s posts. why say something in a 7 word meme format sentence, faking disaffection and chillness, when you could flesh it out in 7 paragraphs of sincere and substantial nuance. not just for seriousness but for fun concepts, is what i have in mind. for talking about a story or character. for talking about life. talking about anything. this is a wordy person safe zone
Grim is more powerful than he lets us see
powerless without his scythe?
it was stated multiple times that his scythe is an ancient, powerful tool and, that it is often stolen from him. but is he really that powerless without it?
in ep Look Alive!, we just saw that he can fly. he emphasizes it in ep Dad Day Afternoon. in ep Billy Ocean, when searching Mandy and he are searching for Billy, he's sea-sick and seems to be helpless, but, after he loses his patience, he changes magically into his death robe, flies above the sea, and opens it with his scythe, instantly spotting the whale which swallowed Billy. pretty precise, huh?
in ep Tickle Me Mandy, Attack of the Clowns, Complete and Utter Chaos! (Billy Gets Dumber!), Toys Will Be Toys, and He's Not Dead, He's My Mascot he can bring inanimate objects to life: New Mandy, a clown head, a magic banana a burrito, Billy's toys, and Fluffy Cat, respectively. but he gives life to New Mandy... without his scythe.
he can send souls to the afterlife without it, proved in ep Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween. he just uses a feather.
in ep Dumb Luck, his saliva has supernatural powers on its own.
in ep Nursery Crimes, he sends them to the storybook without his scythe. maybe the storybook itself had supernatural powers, but only Grim's words seemed to control it. Grim said that the storybook's rule is that the ones who got there, only get out if the stories are finished, but: Mandy finished all the stories, but they still remained stuck, because Grim fell asleep.
in ep My Peeps, he has fun running away from Billy, and likes having some smoothies with Mandy (like in the end of ep Keeper of the Reaper), but when he stops having fun and is simply just annoyed, uses magic without his scythe to restrain Billy, and levitates his scythe back to himself with ease.
in ep Sickly Sweet, he only uses his finger to turn a flower into a flesh-eating abomination. and: he destroys Mandy's cookies with the fire in his eyes (poor Mandy).
in ep Five O'Clock Shadows, he uses telekinesis. also in ep Aren't You Chupacabra to See Me? and other instances.
ep Bully Boogie. remember the rubber duck? ooh!
in ep Billy & Mandy Save Christmas, Nancy took hIS scythe, but they weren't in any danger. he could whistle and call his scythe whenever he wanted to.
he's not powerless without his scythe. when he is depressed in ep The Incredible Shrinking Mandy and just can't put on his usual mask, he snaps his fingers and makes Billy's monkeys to just vanish away.
did you see how did he "redecorated" Atrocia's studio in ep The Grim Show?
can be taken out by mortals or even immortals?
in ep Look Alive!, we learned that he can fly, so why doesn’t he just fly to the tree in ep Druid, Where's My Car?, or fly around in the christmas episode when he's fighting off vampire elves with Mandy?
in ep Which Came First?, he seems to be helpless against the mutant chickens as they were "created by science", hence "out of his jurisdiction", and runs from the chickens just as B&M does. but, in the end, he still isn't helpless when he summons a shield. Billy even notices this and says:
Billy: hey, Grim! you know how did you do that force field thingy that kept the volcano from cooking us?:D
Grim: yes?
Billy: why didn't you use it to save me from the chickens?:D
Grim: because, Billy:) I don't like you:)
in ep Dream a Little Dream (even in a dream), and ep Happy Huggy Stuffy Bears, we saw that he can use his scythe for actual cutting, reaping, and not just for magic, but still, he often pretends that his scythe is useless with various excuses.
in ep Fear and Loathing in Endsville, his scythe's battery is empty.
in ep Billy & Mandy Save Christmas, his scythe is frozen because of the cold.
in ep Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween, it is stated by Billy that, his head, indeed, can be taken off, but Jack also states that his head remains off when it is taken off with the Grim Reaper's scythe, indicating that he could, indeed, die. but, in ep The Incredible Shrinking Mandy, Billy just cuts his head off by accident, and Grim just makes his skull hop back to his body.
in other instances, like in ep Wild Parts, he seems to have a hard time getting his skull back to his body, yet in ep The Incredible Shrinking Mandy, he does it with ease.
in ep Grim vs. Mom, after he was beaten up by Gladys, he needs help from B&M to reassamble his body from his bones, but in Big Boogey Adventure, it is revelaed that he can disassamble and reassamble himself anytime he wants.
ep Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon.
Grim: alright, enough of dis! by da power of da underworld, I have da power
Mandy: six seconds to live, and now you decide to act?!
Grim: what can I say?:) I love da drama:)
has superiors?
being the Grim Reaper with unlimited supernatural power must be restrained, and that's why the Underworld Court and Father Time exists. or, are they?
in ep Jeffy's Web, he summoned Jeff's life-timer hourglass out of thin air, and added life-sand into it, also out of thin air; despite life-sand described in ep The Halls of Time as something manufactured there, supervised by Father Time and, that the hourglasses are stored there, are just accessible from there and Grim had to rush back to there in that episode… is he playing with us
can't harm Billy and Mandy in any way?
he can't harm B&M in any way, stated in ep Hurter Monkey / The Incredible Shrinking Mandy / etc., but, maybe he just doesn't want to.
in ep The Really Odd Couple, they seem to be taking him a bit more seriously than usual when he loses his temper. maybe they know when he's serious?
in ep Terror of the Back Knight, he gets the chance to take off Billy for good as Billy himself challenged him to a duel, so it would be a fair opportunity to just take his head off. instead, he just plays with him dramatically, having fun. "it's overr, IT'S OVERRR~ ohh, it's over? xD"
he was just punching Billy with Billy's ripped off arms in ep Sickly Sweet and,
he even punched his nose off with his own bony hand in ep My Fair Mandy.
has to obey Billy and Mandy at all costs?
"Grim. you know what happens when you say don't, won't or can't to me." –Mandy
he seems to obey them against his will, but still, he can't be coerced when he really doesn't want to do something.
in ep Chicken Ball Z, Mandy asks him to give him powers with which she can win the karate tournament, he straight-up refuses, and Mandy has to look for other ways.
can't leave Billy and Mandy for good?
he has several chances to leave them, but he doesn't take any of it.
in ep Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R", Nergal kidnaps B&M, hence he can be free. at first, he seems to take on the chance gladly, but his non-existing heart softens when seeing Billy's drawings of him, so he goes back to save them.
the scenario reoccurs in ep Circus of Fear where Dr. Fear kidnaps them to be the human attractions to his circus: this time, for saving them, he gets the nudge from Gladys, to which he doesn't even have to obey: he is best friends forever with B&M, not Gladys; despite this, he goes.
in ep Scythe 2.0 is after B&M and, this time, being with them for so long, Grim doesn't even need a reminder to act: the moment he gets the call from Scythe 2.0 that she will take the kids' heads, he gets worried; then he saves them on his own.
in ep Test of Time, it is revealed that he has a remote control which can rewind time so, why didn't he just rewind before he lost or, even accepted the bet to B&M?
in ep Billy Gets an 'A', it is revealed that he can go back in time even with his scythe, and he does so with Mandy, even going as far as trying to prevent Billy's birth O.O but… he didn't think of this before. it hasn't occurred to him before, and later on, he doesn't seem to even consider it.
exemption: in ep Wishbones, he has a chance to wish for freedom, but he doesn't, as wishes always backfire. but, in the end credits, we can see that he did try it, but, his wish, indeed, backfired.
in ep Billy and Mandy vs. the Martians, he gets a chance, again, to get away, but still, Billy convinces him to stay. after his speech, he feels bad, and goes on to save Mandy from the zombies. (ohh, not because of her! of course not! he plays the tsundere.)
my theory
honestly, Grim is just playing. he's an immortal being, who is bored, and he doesn't have to prove anything. he's not a fool, he's fooling around. and he's not bound to Billy and Mandy solely by just his given word. he really is their friend.
thank you.
title cards of unmade Underfist episodes. fanfic material 🥲 fanfic material everywhere 🤌🏼 I wanna write.
there are already fanfics with these on ffnet, but I want to write my own.
I've already implemented the two Erises into my bigger gaobam fanfic. Hoss broke Eris' heart into two, so she broke into two as well. they're patrons to my revived New Mandy.
